I think Franz Ferdinand is a really bad and weird name.

Liquid Tension Experiment. Dillinger Escape Plan. pretty random.

Anal torture

Meshuggah means 'crazy' in Hebrew I think.

What about Les Claypool's band The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade?

A... A... ANAL CUNT! And their song titles rule too! Shame the songs don't though ;)

[QUOTE=Griffin_Page]Blink 182 and Sum 41... what the hell is the meaning behind those names?[/QUOTE]
41 days til graduation they invented the name.. 182 are the months the 3 members were born in

Pretty cheesy and gay tbh

Orange Goblin
Akercocke (I don't know what it means, or how to pronounce it!)

[QUOTE=TomHimself]41 days til graduation they invented the name.. 182 are the months the 3 members were born in

Pretty cheesy and gay tbh[/QUOTE]
Actually, it was because the band was formed 41 days into the summer. ;)

[QUOTE=Little Emperor]Meshuggah means 'crazy' in Hebrew I think.[/QUOTE]
Actually it's Yiddish, I believe. Although I could be wrong.

I'd have to agree with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Maybe not the weirdest, but definitely very random. And a cool band, too.

Butthole Surfers
Rainbow Butt Monkeys

[QUOTE=Joe Average]I think Franz Ferdinand is a really bad and weird name.[/QUOTE]


maybe they had a fascination for the man!
He did cause the first and second world war :thumb:

^^^WWII was a side effect of World War I, so, I guess he did start it, indirectly. Anyway, Mudvayne would go in this category, as would Spineshank.

Definately Borknagar, because the band them selves said the name has absolutely no meaning.

[QUOTE=murch]Actually it's Yiddish, I believe. Although I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]
Aye, that's the one, I knew it was something crazy like that (no pun intended).

What about Dog Fashion Disco as another one as well, that's pretty weird.

i heard of 2 local punk bands called:

1. grandma's fart
2. smells like teen vagina

and a heavy metal band called:

metal ejaculation

There's also a band called:

!!!

How the **** do you say that?

[QUOTE=TomHimself]There's also a band called:

!!!

How the **** do you say that?[/QUOTE]

uhm something like: hhmmpgg!!! maybe..? :confused:

im not sure if anatomy of a ghost is the best name or wierdest name....maybe both

[QUOTE=TomHimself]There's also a band called:

!!!

How the **** do you say that?[/QUOTE]


Not even joking, its said orally like this

chik chik chik

[QUOTE=Griffin_Page]Blink 182 and Sum 41... what the hell is the meaning behind those names?[/QUOTE]

Sum 41 was formed 41 days into a summer. :p

I was going to say Dog Fashion Disco :mad:

Merzbow is pretty weird, in both musical content and moniker.

[QUOTE=Jondur]Donkey Wong[/QUOTE]
:lol:

5 character rule >_<

About the Blink 182, a curious thing: on E igh T wo . You know, the first and last letters are the same.

Bleh, the band sucks anyway =P

Reel Big Fish is strange and I dont get the "X" in Symphony X. The Mars Volta and their musics all have strange names.

[QUOTE=Griffin_Page]Pink Floyd = Not sure.[/QUOTE]I was pretty sure that it is the names of some famous American blues players combined.

Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. Surprised that hasn't come up yet.
White Stripes. Why????
Mushroomhead.
downthesun.
Puddle Of Mudd. Crap name, crap band.
Rammstein. Translates as 'ramming stone' apparently. Weird.

Chinaski -> China ski

Pink Floyd is named after two blues musicians: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

Led Zeppelin changed from the New Yardbirds when Keith Moon said that their act would go over like a "lead zeppelin" (meaning it wouldn't fly)

yeah well no one said this band... Squirrel Nut Zippers

I heard a local band called "Piggy got Pubes". I think its a really **** name, but theres just no talking to the guy who came up with it....I cant think of any bands right now that everyone has heard of with weird names. The Foo fighters is a pretty weird name, but that has something to do with the second world war, I think the Foo Fighters(the origionals, not the band) were guys sent to find alians during WWII? I dunno, cant remember

...and you will know us by the trail of dead
Echo & the Bunnymen
Fantastic Plastic Machine
Neutral Milk Hotel
Super Furry Animals
The Flaming Lips